re: "I never mentioned the word or the name Israel." -DJT

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How would any major Israeli newspaper know that the info came from Israel?

It seems to me the Israeli IC and some Israeli leaders would be the only ones to know whether the info came from Israel and I might have missed it but I don't remember hearing any of them admit the info came from Israel.

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You are right there is no hard confirmation, and may never be, what is not in dispute, and was my main point, is that classified stuff was leaked. Too many independent corroborating sources and Trump's own behavior makes it undeniable at this point.

How damaging it is, what the root source(s) are(what countries originated the intel) is what is still in flux. Israel is the prime suspect but a Jordanian connection has some evidence from Al Jazeera and a couple Israeli papers. Most think Israel though.

Whether it was from Israel or not isnt the root issue. It's the leaking of any top level classified intel to a country we we did not get permission from to leak to that country. Let alone one that has interests that work counter to our own and could result in compromising that secret intelligence network within ISIS.